January 29, 2017
Helpful guidance on how to use castor oil for abdominal and pelvic pain
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January 19, 2017
Breathing and the Pelvic Floor
When was the last time you thought about the way you breathe? Did you know that it can influence the health of your pelvic floor and overall health? It might be difficult to understand the link between breathing and its effects on your health when...
December 27, 2016
Learn how to track your menstrual cycle (+/- an App)
Pelvic Pain and the Menstrual Cycle When most women think about charting their menstrual cycle the first thing that comes to mind is fertility or contraception, but charting can also be an important way to connect a woman to her body. When a woman begins to...
December 8, 2016
Posture and the Pelvic Floor
Can Posture Influence Your Pelvic Floor Muscle Function? A general trend that I hear with a lot of my clients entails the following repetitive weekday cycle: long meetings at the office, hours behind the desk working on the computer, long commutes home whether in cars or...
November 10, 2016
The Intimate Relationship Between Your Diet And Bladder
How many times a day do you go to the bathroom to empty your bladder? Do you get up at night to go? Do you have pain associated with emptying your bladder? Do you ever have such a strong urge to go to the bathroom...
October 20, 2016
A Physiotherapist’s Secrets for the Second Trimester
Pregnancies are a lot like snowflakes - each one is unique in its own special way. Some make it through the first trimester without so much as a dry heave or a hiccup, while others really struggle to keep up with their normal daily routines....
September 17, 2016
A Mindful Approach to Pain and Stress
In 1979, Jon Kabat-Zinn, an MIT-trained scientist, started teaching mindfulness to people suffering from chronic pain, stress and illness. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), is now used in hospitals and clinics worldwide. Jon Kabat-Zinn defined mindfulness, as being present in the moment, with non judgmental awareness....
September 7, 2016
Registered massage therapy as a treatment option for children
Prior to studying massage therapy and before having my own children, I studied early childhood education in the early 1990's and spent many years working in various childcare settings. I spent those years attending to children with growing pains and associated discomforts, constipation, fevers, headaches,...
August 4, 2016
Men have pelvic floors too?
As pelvic health physiotherapists, we often have the same conversations with friends, family, and even with clients. It typically sounds something like this: - so do you only treat females or do you treat men too? - The majority of the people I see are female, but...
July 19, 2016
Do you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
What is IBS? Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS has been discussed more and more in popular culture as chatter around gluten free, dairy free and paleo diets have become more main stream. It is a highly prevalent disorder which can significantly reduce someone's quality of life...